Castello di Calice o Doria-Malaspina
Calice al Cornoviglio
(23 Km)
It is a building built for the defensive purpose around the 11th century. Today the castle is home to municipal, tourist offices and the Environmental Education Center. But it also hosts other institutions. In fact, on the remaining two floors there is the Beekeeping Museum, the David Beghe Picture Gallery and the Pietro Rosa Museum. It is still in excellent condition, tourists can see it in its original structure.
Torre della Cittadella
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The Chiavari Castle is a 12th century building. It extends on a hill and was built in order to defend the city and the valley that surround it. The structure has been subjected to expansion and upgrading work and of it has arrived well guarded and currently in good condition only the tower. Today, the property is private and is not accessible to the public.
Castello di Chiavari
Chiavari
(22 Km)
Chiavari Castle is a defensive building located in Tigullio. The castle was built between 1146 and 1147, on the hill that in the past dominated the fortified citadel of the seaside village of Chiavari, and which was defending it and the surrounding valley.
Pinacoteca "David Beghè"
Calice al Cornoviglio
(24 Km)
The “David Beghè” Art Gallery is located inside the Doria Malaspina castle in Calice. The museum was established on 7 July 1992 to support the works of art by the great painter David Beghe. 28 oil works are exhibited, while, as far as its frescoes are concerned, the largest part were photographed and then exhibited.
Museo Archeologico per la Preistoria e Protostoria del Tigullio
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The Archaeological Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory of Tigullio was inaugurated in 1985 in the stables of Palazzo Rocca, located in the center of the city of Chiavari. The Museum welcomes significant materials ranging from the Paleolithic to Roman times.
Museo "L. Garaventa"
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The “L. Garaventa” Museum was inaugurated in 1997 by the Economic Society of Chiavari. He collected donations from the art collections of Professor Lorenzo Garaventa who wanted to preserve his sculptural works known in Italy and abroad. The Museum collects more than fifty sculptures, chalks and woods of classical and modern tradition.
Quadreria della Società Economica
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The Economic Society Quadreria is based on the second floor of the building of the homonymous society located in Chiavari. The exhibition hall collects about two hundred works including sculptures, drawings and paintings dated from the end of the fifteenth century to the present day. There are also works by Chiavari artists and from the Flemish school such as Frans Fracken II and the school of Quentin Metsys with his work 'Lamentation of Christ'.
Museo Storico del Risorgimento della Società Economica
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The Historical Museum of the Risorgimento of the Economic Society was created in 1979. It welcomes materials and objects from the Risorgimento era, such as the red shirts of two Garibaldini, the glass in which Giuseppe Mazzini drank and the people's hat of Garibaldi. There are also records, posters and period proclamations in the Museum.
Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art is located on the first floor of the Episcopal Palace of the nineteenth-century period in Chiavari. The museum was inaugurated in 1984 and houses paintings, sculptures and silver belonging to religious complexes that no longer exist. Among the most significant works of the Museum are the canvas by Andrea Ansaldo “Mystical Weddings” and the “Deposition of the Cross” by Cesare Corte of the 17th century.
Civica Galleria di Palazzo Rocca
Chiavari
(22 Km)
The Civic Gallery of Palazzo Rocca is located in the interior rooms of Palazzo Rocca di Chiavari. The Palace built during the 17th century houses in its noble floor objects of seventeenth-century art and paintings from the Genoese and Flemish schools. In fact, we observe paintings by artists such as Orazio de Ferrari, Domenico Piola and Jan Roos. The Museum is characterized by its large multitude of Chiavari chairs called “chiavarine”.
Museo Contadino
Varese Ligure
(19 Km)
The Farmer Museum located in the municipality of Varese Ligure was built in 1975 and renovated in 2005. Inside we can admire objects that were used by citizens and that belong to the late nineteenth century period.
Mostra Permanente Storico-Archeologica
Zignago
(18 Km)
The Permanent Historical-Archaeological Exhibition is located within the environments of the school of Pieve di Zignago. The museum is divided into three rooms and displays photographic materials related to the excavation campaigns, inhabited already in prehistoric times.
Borgo Rotondo
Varese Ligure
(21 Km)
So called for its circular structure. An ellipse of small and thin houses, characterized by a low porch, describes a round square still occupied by a core of taller houses. The whole structure dates back to the fourteenth century, when Varese was already a nerve center for commerce and communication routes, conceived by the Fieschi for military and merchant purposes.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista
Monterosso al Mare
(10 Km)
San Giovanni Battista’s church was built between the 13th and 14th centuries. Its facade is in typical Ligurian gothic style and creates a beautiful two-tone effect alternating white and dark green marbles. The main portal is adorned by by a wide rose window adding elegance to the whole building.
Chiesa di San Francesco
Monterosso al Mare
(10 Km)
The church is on the hill of San Cristoforo, where the former castle of the ancient noble family Fieschi from Genoa and a monastery are situated. Paintings attributed to Van Dick and Guido Reni are only a few of the artistic treasures that can be seen
Chiesa di Santa Margherita
Vernazza
(13 Km)
It was built in the 13th century in Genoan-romanic style
Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Manarola
(18 Km)
Commonly called “Church of San Lorenzo, it was built in 1338 at the hands of Masters Antelami. The Church is considered an important monument in Gothic style.
Chiesa di San Pietro
Corniglia
(16 Km)
It is located in Via Fieschi, in the small hamlet of Corniglia. It was built in 1334 by the masters Comancini.
Via Fieschi
Corniglia
(16 Km)
The entire town of Corniglia is spread on the Via Fieschi. It leads from the parish of San Pietro to the Terrace of Santa Maria crossing the whole country.
Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista
Riomaggiore
(18 Km)
The church of San Giovanni Battista is a religious building located in Via Pecunia in Riomaggiore. Inside it is possible to find many famous works including: a triptych in the right aisle, attributed to the master Benedetto Antelami or his sculptural school, a painting depicting the Preaching of John the Baptist.
Santuario della Madonna di Montenero
Riomaggiore
(19 Km)
Chiesa di San Giorgio
Moneglia
(7 Km)
It dates back to 1396 and renovated in the eighteenth century, with a beautiful bell tower in typical Genoese style with black and white stripes and a height that exceeds the roofs of the houses. To the east there is the Oratory of the Disciplinators that dates back to the tenth century, decorated internally with overlapping frescoes dated from the '200 to the '700.
Chiesa di Santa Croce
Moneglia
(6 Km)
It was built in 1700 on an ancient parish church dating back to 1100. In its outer wall there are links of the chain of the port of Pisa, as a trophy of the Genoese victory in the Battle of Meloria in 1284. Inside the church there are works by the local painter Luca Cambiaso and the sculptor Anton Maria Maragliano, Genoese.
Fortezza di Villafranca
Moneglia
(6 Km)
Santuario Nostra Signora di Soviore
Monterosso al Mare
(10 Km)
Situated at 4 km from Monterosso, it was founded in the 14th century with contribution of local residents, who considered it as their own pilgrimage destination. Inside the beautiful church,which still attracts many visitors and devotees, a valuable historical organ Agati offers the occasion for fine concerts. The Sanctuary of Soviore is part of a track solely dedicated to sanctuaries, since each of the five village situated in Cinque Terre has a local religious church for pilgrimages.
Calandra Arte
Manarola
(18 Km)
The Calandra Art Gallery was founded in 1999 by Sebastiano Calandra.
It was the first art gallery in Cinque Terre and has long been of national importance for the promotion and diffusion of modern and contemporary art.
Thanks to its strategic location, it is also a point of reference for collectors throughout Europe and the world: from America to Australia and New Zealand.
The gallery promotes a series of personal and collective exhibitions designed to show the work of contemporary and important modern artists.
One of the main objectives of the Calandra Art Gallery is to enhance local heritage exhibiting sculptures, paintings and graphic works about Cinque Terre by local and significant artists.
To this end the Calandra Art Gallery organizes exhibitions and events in public and private spaces, together with institutions such as museums.
It also participates at the most important national and international art fairs.
Santuario N.S. delle Grazie
Chiavari
(23 Km)
Scenic shrine of the 13th century, totally painted
Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
Levanto
(6 Km)
The church of St. Andrew the Apostle is a religious building of Levanto. We do not know exactly the date that marked the beginning of its construction. The facade is very special because it alternates bands of white Carrara marble with a green material, decorative motif typical of Gothic architecture in Genoa. Very nice is the large marble rose window, as well as the facade and interior of the church, restored several times.
Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
Levanto
(6 Km)
The church of the Santissima Annunziata is a religious building site in the square Nostra Signora Annunziata in Levanto. The fifteenth-century complex is located outside of the historical center of Levanto, not far away from the station of Levanto. This is a typical structure in the Franciscan style. In the front there is a white Carrara marble bas-relief dating to the fifteenth century.
Loggia Comunale
Levanto
(6 Km)
The Municipal Loggia is site in Levanto and dates back to the sixteenth century. This is elevated about a meter from Piazza del Popolo, the historic area of the medieval village which in the past took the name of Piazza della Loggia. The structure preserves a fresco and other works of art.
Chiesa SS. Concezione
Cavi
(17 Km)
Torre Punta Manara
Sestri Levante
(13 Km)
The Punta Manara Tower was built in the sixteenth century. Since it was about 140 meters above sea level, it was used as a coastal sighting center. Currently we can see only a few ruins of the Tower.
Castello dei Fieschi
Varese Ligure
(19 Km)
The Fieschi Castle consists of two imposing towers, called by Piccinino and Landi. The fortress was the residence of the Podestà from the 16th to the 18th century and then became a private home. Currently you can visit the prisons below, the presentation hall and the walkways of the buttress.